Saturday, Jan. 16, 3 p.m.
If It Ain’t Got That Swing: Black Baseball and Music in the Jim Crow Era
John F. Germany Public Library, 900 N Ashley Drive
FREE
A program by Negro Leagues experts Dr. Lawrence Hogan and Dr. Robert Cvornyek that will include a PowerPoint presentation and a panel discussion exploring the many connections between black music and black baseball found in the history of both genres.
Dr. Lawrence Hogan is a senior professor of history at Union County College in New Jersey. He is an expert on the history of black baseball and his touring exhibit on the subject has traveled nationwide. Dr. Hogan is co-director of the program It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got that Swing: Black Baseball and Jazz, and author of Shades of Glory: The Negro Leagues and the Story of African-American Baseball. He presently serves as a director of Out of the Shadows, a study of the history of African Americans in baseball, sponsored by the National Baseball hall of Fame and the Office of the Commissioner of Major League Baseball. Dr. Hogan was a consultant to the American Library Association for Pride and Passion: The African-American Baseball Experience.
Dr. Robert Cvornyek is a Professor of History at Rhode Island College, where he specializes in Sport History. He is the curator of a traveling exhibit titled Black Grays and Colored Giants: Black Baseball in Rhode Island and is co-director of the program It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got that Swing: Black Baseball and Jazz. His most recent publications include an edited version of Effa Manley's Negro Baseball...Before Integration and Baseball in Newark. He contributed a chapter titled Redefining the Narrative: Effa Manley, Jackie Robinson, and the Integration of Baseball in Baseball in the Classroom and authored several articles on this topic. He is a member of the Society for American Baseball Research, North American Society for Sport History, and the Pop Lloyd Committee.
Companion events to the Pride and Passion traveling exhibit are co-sponsored by the Florida Humanities Council, Friends of the John F. Germany Public Library, Ada T. Payne Friends of the Urban Libraries, Development Committee, Friends of the Library of Tampa-Hillsborough County, Inc., Gamma Theta Omega Chapter Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Tampa Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Tampa Alumnae Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., Tampa Metropolitan Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Pepsi Bottling Group, Tampa Bay Rays, WEDU, University of South Florida Libraries, JAS Consulting, and SKD Entertainment.
For more information about this and other FREE programs @ your library®, call (813) 273-3652 or visit hcplc.org.
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